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The job market in Europe is evolving. Technological innovation and changing needs are transforming many sectors. Policymakers are calling for urgent action to address labour and skills shortages across the continent. Job posting data offers a clear picture of current hiring trends. So, which jobs are in highest demand in Europe? Euronews Business takes a closer look at the top 20 sectors based on job postings on global hiring platform Indeed, covering the UK, Germany, France, and the Netherlands, averaged over the March to May 2025 period. Management, sales, and installation & maintenance dominate the list Management, sales, and installation…

Illegal aid The EPPO dossier describes a “criminal organization” comprising officials from Greece’s agency for distributing EU subsidies, OPEKEPE, along with individuals and MPs who illegally received EU agricultural subsidies, according to officials who have viewed it.  In a 36-page note in English attached to the file, EPPO states that officials at OPEKEPE and the Agriculture Ministry, together with people in business, “acted in an organized manner in order to establish a system of non-controls and obtain or facilitate the receipt of illegal aid.” EPPO said former Agriculture Minister Lefteris Avgenakis (center) should face further legal investigation. | Olivier Hoslet/EPA…

Israel called for a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday to demand the release of its hostages held under Hamas captivity in Gaza. It comes after the Gaza-based group released a video showing a 24-year-old man appearing emaciated. The Israeli hostages garnered widespread sympathy but the plight of the more than two million Palestinians starving in the enclave drew even more support. Most of the Security Council members blamed Israel for manufacturing a humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as they pointed to the government and the military’s two month blockade of the Strip and failure to allow enough…

Wer regiert die Welt – und was treibt sie an? In unserem Sommer-Spezial geht es um die mächtigsten und umstrittensten Politikerinnen und Politiker unserer Zeit. Wir zeigen, wie sie denken, entscheiden – und was das für uns bedeutet. Ein Politiker pro Tag, ein Blick hinter die Kulissen der Macht. In der Machthaber-Serie: 04.08.2025 – Wladimir Putin05.08.2025 – Marine Le Pen06.08.2025 – Javier Milei07.08.2025 – Xi Jinping08.08.2025 – Giorgia Meloni11.08.2025 – Recep Tayyip Erdoğan12.08.2025 – Benjamin Netanjahu13.08.2025 – Narendra Modi14.08.2025 – Friedrich Merz15.08.2025 – Mohammed bin Salman16.08.2025 – Ursula von der Leyen Das Berlin Playbook als Podcast gibt es jeden Morgen…

“During 2024, the Spanish tourism sector experienced its best year since 2019. Its contribution to GDP rose by almost 8% to €248.7 billion, or 15.6% of the economy. It also employed 3 million people, nearly 14% of the country’s total jobs,” the World Travel & Tourism Council reported in May. For many Spaniards, though, this hardly feels like good news. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. To them — and to locals in many other cities tourists like to visit — what it actually means is overcrowding, lack of housing and constant littering. It’s a cursed bargain, tourism: It brings…

VILNIUS — Lithuania is calling on NATO to help strengthen its air defenses after a drone carrying 2 kilograms of explosives entered the country from Belarus and crashed in a military training area. Defense Minister Dovilė Šakalienė and Foreign Minister Kęstutis Budrys sent a letter to NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte to request the deployment of additional, “even experimental,” capabilities on its territory to address air threats, Šakalienė said on Tuesday. “Since similar incidents are likely to continue as long as Russia’s war against Ukraine goes on, it means we must take additional measures,” she said. The drone crossed the border…

Ribera is a member of the Spain’s ruling Socialist party, whose politicians have repeatedly criticized Israel’s war on Hamas. On July 30, she called out Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the College of Commissioners for failing to address Gaza’s escalating humanitarian crisis, saying that “history will not look the other way.” “We are in a race against time, with people dying of hunger,” Ribera said last week. “Europe must react and consolidate itself as a political actor … And mobilize the principles that inspired the construction of the European project.” U.N. agencies warned last week that Palestinians in…

Last month, during a two-hour press conference billed as “a moment of truth,” the French prime minister unveiled his draconian plans to drastically cut public spending in 2026. The plans include slashing two of France’s 11 public holidays, reducing the number of civil servants and freezing welfare payments, including pensions, that are typically adjusted annually for inflation. The plan triggered a wave of outrage from both the far-right National Rally and left-wing opposition parties, which are threatening to bring down the government during the budget vote in the fall. But Bayrou is not giving up, and wants to at least convince…

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In the absence of a consensus at European level, Slovenia is going it alone. On Thursday, it became the first EU country to ban all arms trade with Israel, including transit and imports. In a press release, the Slovenian government explicitly outlined its concerns about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and denounced the EU’s inability to adopt such a measure because of “internal disagreements.” The decision is above all symbolic, since the Slovenian government says it has not issued any arms export permits to Israel since October 2023 because of the conflict. This decision is intended to intensify the pressure…